List of former comfort women

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This is a list of people who were compelled into becoming prostitutes for the Japanese Imperial Army as "comfort women" during World War II.^[1]

Several decades after the end of the war, a number of former comfort women demanded formal apologies and a compensation from the Government of Japan, with varying levels of success.^[2]

• Jan Ruff O'Herne (1923–2019)^[3]
• Ellen van der Ploeg (1923–2013)^[4]

• Kim Hak-sun (1924–1997)^[5]
• Song Sin-do (1922–2017)^[6]
• Gil Won-ok (1928–)
• Kim Bok-dong (1924–2019)^[7]
• Lee Yong-soo (1928–)
• Yoo Hee-nam (1927–)^[8]
• Kim Kyung-soon (1926–2016)^[9]
• Kim Soon-duk (1921–2004)

• Liu Huang A-tao (1923–2011)^[10]

• Rosa Henson (1927–1997)
• Walterina Markova (1924–2005)

• Comfort Women
• Asian Women's Fund
• Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager
• List of human rights activists
• List of slaves
• War rape
• Statue of Peace